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<hw>In*hab"it*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhabitans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>inhabitare</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; <as>as, an <ex>inhabitant</ex> of a house, a town, a city, county, or state</as>.</def> "Frail <i>inhabitants</i> of earth."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>In this place, they report that they saw <b>inhabitants</b> which were very fair and fat people. <i>Abp. Abbot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.</def>

<h1>Inhabitate</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inhabit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Inhabitation</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhabitatio</ets> a dwelling.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inhabitation</b> of the Holy Ghost. <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Abode; place of dwelling; residence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Population; inhabitants.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<blockquote>The beginning of nations and of the world's <b>inhabitation</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inhabitativeness</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab"it*a*tive*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phrenol.)</fld> <def>A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.</def>

<h1>Inhabited</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab"it*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Uninhabited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Brathwait.</i>

<h1>Inhabiter</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab"it*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Inhabitiveness</h1> <Xpage=763>

<hw>In*hab"it*ive*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phrenol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Inhabitativeness</er>.</def>

<blockquote>What the phrenologists call <b>inhabitiveness</b>. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inhabitress</h1> <Xpage=763>